The important thing is the attitude of the athlete, the desire to get to the top.

The single biggest change in middle-distance running, from the 1500 metres to 10,000 metres, has been the track surface.

Training was a time where resolutions made in the enthusiasm of an inspired moment were put to personal test.

I hadn't a clue who I was racing against. All I knew was how I was going to race.

The important thing is the attitude of the athlete, the desire to get to the top.

I have never been a killer. I'm not an aggressive personality and if I can remember any emotion I felt during a race it was fear. The greatest stimulator of my running was fear.

The only tactics I admire are do-or-die